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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-09-13

@Bahnslap @rightresponsem Hating evil means to not perpetrate it yourself, not p

@Bahnslap @rightresponsem Hating evil means to not perpetrate it yourself, not participating in it. I'm not saying to love Satan. Jesus died for humans⎯He loved us enough to die for us while we were s

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-09-12

@1984iscalling @rightresponsem And God loves people. He died for sinners while t

@1984iscalling @rightresponsem And God loves people. He died for sinners while they were still in their sin. Teach America to Really Love People Again Just like Jesus loves people.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-11

@King_Brody @LukeBennerE On the latter, have you read the letter to Philemon? Paul doesn’t command Philemon as an apostle but appeals to him in love. His appeal is that, now that Onesimus is a brother in Christ, Philemon should treat him as he would ...

@King_Brody @LukeBennerE On the latter, have you read the letter to Philemon? Paul doesn’t command Philemon as an apostle but appeals to him in love. His appeal is that, now that Onesimus is a brother

@Bahnslap @rightresponsem Hating evil means to not perpetrate it yourself, not p

@1984iscalling @rightresponsem And God loves people. He died for sinners while t

@King_Brody @LukeBennerE On the latter, have you read the letter to Philemon? Paul doesn’t command Philemon as an apostle but appeals to him in love. His appeal is that, now that Onesimus is a brother in Christ, Philemon should treat him as he would ...

@cpiisbs @MattWalshBlog That translation does not accurately reflect the Greek and therefore obfuscates Paul's meaning. The grammar is literally "She (singular) will be saved through the childbearing (definite noun) if they (plural) continue in faith...

@YoungOneJosh1 @cheryl_hanks @rightresponsem Yes, that is true. But the word is also used in Song of Solomon 7:10 Gen 4:7 – sin’s desire is for Cain Song 7:10 – woman says her beloved’s desire is for her Given that Gen 3:16 is regarding the relatio...

@1Maccabees2_68 @BornIn2Soul @thelovergirljas You might want to revisit these verses in their context. Paul said in 1Tim 1:3 that he wanted Timothy to instruct certain people to stop teaching strange doctrines. His purpose was not to stop anyone from...

Similarly, when Paul writes that husbands are to love their wives as Christ love

What Paul says in Eph 5:21 precludes any sort of hierarchy. In Eph 5:1–2, Paul

@ymmotrojam @MattSmethurst “Pursue love, yet earnestly desire spiritual gifts, but especially that you may prophesy” (1Co 14:1) This is addressed to the whole church, not just men. Shouldn’t women pursue love and spiritual gifts? If they desire to p...

@carol66944 Why does Paul have to say to Timothy that the goal of their instruct

@carol66944 This is missing the point. The false teaching was causing arguments, foolish discussions, disputes and evil suspicions. Stopping the false teaching is meant to bring about the love and concern again for one another. "The purpose, then, o...

@carol66944 Paul had to say that love was the goal of his instruction for Timoth

@turnedwife Well, technically speaking, you can choose to love and commit as wel

@VirgilWalkerOMA ...deceived, yet he needs to be part of her being brought to sa

@autocorrect2_0 As is “wives love your husbands”… As is “In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus” (Phil 2:5) We are all to emulate Christ, not just the husband. We are all to love one another. We are all to “s...

“For God so loved the elect that He gave His only Son, so that the elect will believe and not perish…for God did not send His Son to judge the elect, but so that the elect might be saved through Him.” (Jn 3:16-17, Calvin Version) Is that how your Bi...

“For God so love the elect that He gave His only Son, so that the elect will believe and not perish…for God did not send His Son to judge the elect, but so that the elect might be saved through Him.” (Jn 3:16-17, Calvin Version) Is that how your Bib...

@BorisNoris60406 @coffeelover4646 I don’t think taking a verse out of its context is helpful to understand what it means. Just like when Jesus appears to say that you must hate your mother and father, we have to carefully look at the context to deter...

@LiamHarperBlack @autocorrect2_0 Ok, so are you saying that a woman isn’t supposed to protect? When the husband is at his 10hour a day job, what does the wife do when the kids get injured or someone tries to kidnap one of them? She protects them, rig...

@LiamHarperBlack @autocorrect2_0 What was the point that Paul was making? If it wasn’t that husbands are the only ones to love their wives like Christ, then maybe wives are also not the only ones to submit to their husbands…but husbands also to their...

@harmon00000 “so that they may encourage the young women to love their husbands,

@spshaw0bserver That’s an interesting idea, but it seems that head is not used for plants except maybe a head of garlic or heads of grain. Kephale is used for garlic though it refers to all the cloves and which is the source of seeds or new life of t...

@ncksmith I don’t see women “mimicking the church” as if men aren’t also the bride of Christ—they are. Paul calls husbands to imitate Christ and wives to submit as they do to Christ, but this isn’t rigid role coding. Paul isn’t saying husbands don’t ...

@JamesPelton18 @autocorrect2_0 This is why I asked the question in the way that I did. I asked why only husbands were said to love. Given that you now conclude that both husbands and wives are to love each other (duh!) why would you say that they don...

@autocorrect2_0 At least someone who truly lives like he describes won’t overrule his wife because it’s not about him or his timing or his desires but about serving her. Yes, the husband is to love his wife but ever wonder why the same passage doesn...

@JonByers186054 @NateSchlomann repeating yourself again? I get that insecure patriarchal types love tossing around slurs like ‘beta’ and ‘cuck,’ but parroting playground insults doesn’t make them righteous. I already follow the true Christ — the one...

@4teatwo @paulogia0 It appears to be a combination of the following verses. Esse

@LovesSardine The Greek is "one woman man" or "one wife husband" but being married cannot be a requirement or Paul himself would be disqualified and his encouraging everyone to be single like him (1Cor 7) would mean there would be no leaders if every...

@LovesSardine The requirements for elder are character qualifications and ability to teach, not whether you are male, female, Jewish, Gentile, married, single, short, tall, young or old, single, widowed, rich or poor. Paul's purpose was to stop the ...

@LovesSardine I am aware that some actually say Paul is clearly forbidding women but that Paul shouldn't be listened to. This is a very dangerous precedent. I am not saying this at all. Peter says that some things Paul writes are hard to understand. ...

@LovesSardine Wow. So why didn’t God say “All female pastors will find their par

@LovesSardine If someone believes they are following scripture, how is that pride? I believe scripture encourages those who have the appropriate character and ability and desire to serve as overseers⎯they desire a good thing! You cannot presume the ...

@covapologetics @MissionaryJC3 Umm… how are they to love their husband if they d

If there’s one post that I can recommend to sum up the main contentions I have w

@elemayohoh @HolyHomebody I have the love of the truth and I know the God of the scriptures. But my concern is are you saying that unless someone pronounces Jesus’ name YHWH using the correct Hebrew pronunciation that they are lost? So everyone from ...

@MICAH_SIXEIGHT Both the husband and wife should submit to Christ and honor his word and love each other. So if they've done all that, why should either compromise that honor? Why is only the husband to submit to Christ? I'm confused because now I'm...

@MICAH_SIXEIGHT Ok, let's get back to something more relevant to male/female... the husband has a six pack and the musculature of an ape. But he should forgive and love his wife and "not beat down his celly" but pray for her. Great! What does this h...

@ReformedSteven @Christianous100 @RevKimWChafee Not only does v21 include husban

@MaplesCR @RealDavidReece What is an ‘effeminate’ church? Is it one that shows t

@pauldirks @KaeleyT I’m not pressuring them either way (though I think they might feel otherwise sometimes as I love children). I don’t see the need to have children to build the church or to increase my financial well being or to fix society while i...

@AletheiaHS @ManassehRJones @subq @immrbloo Belief is the response of a man's will to God's Word and conviction, yes. God is a God of convincing not coercion. And He doesn't use love potion to override our wills⎯what kind of love is it if God forced ...

@ManassehRJones @subq @immrbloo @AletheiaHS Since it is God doing it by his sove

RT @ryanschatz: @IemSparticus @harmonizedgrace Many highlight the fact that wive

@IemSparticus @harmonizedgrace Paul emphasizes how Onesimus has transformed from a slave to a 'beloved brother' both in the flesh and in the Lord. This reframes their relationship as equals in Christ. In fact, Paul appeals for Onesimus to be treated...

@IemSparticus @harmonizedgrace Paul commends Philemon for his love and and faith, emphasizing qualities of generosity and compassion rather than authority (Phm 1:4-7). He then appeals to Philemon "for love's sake" to receive Onesimus back. He *expli...

@IemSparticus @harmonizedgrace In fact, we have the example of Philemon and Ones

@IemSparticus @harmonizedgrace If we consider master/slave dynamics, slaves obey their masters as long as they are being watched and often with minimal effort. If wives see themselves as house slaves, they may not be serving their husbands out of gen...

@IemSparticus @harmonizedgrace Many highlight the fact that wives are to submit and respect, and that husbands are to love. But in no way can a reasonable person assert that husbands are not also to respect their wives or that wives are not also to l...

@IemSparticus @harmonizedgrace Loving "as Christ loved the church" flips typical patriarchal authority on its head⎯Christ led by serving and dying for the church (Mk 10:42-45). You also point to the "totality of Scripture," yet mutual submission cle...

@IemSparticus @harmonizedgrace Your claim that submission here flows from "lesser to greater" authority (wives to husbands, children to parents, slaves to masters) is inconsistent with Paul's pattern. The instruction to husbands to love their wives (...

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